փիս

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Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Via Ottoman Turkish پیس (pis) and Azerbaijani pis from Persian پیس (pis).

Adjective

փիս (pʻis) (superlative ամենափիս) (dialectal)

  1. bad
    փիս խոսքերpʻis xoskʻercurse words, profanity
    փիս բերանpʻis beranfoul-mouthed
Declension
nominalized, i-type (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative փիս (pʻis) փիսեր (pʻiser)
dative փիսի (pʻisi) փիսերի (pʻiseri)
ablative փիսից (pʻisicʻ) փիսերից (pʻisericʻ)
instrumental փիսով (pʻisov) փիսերով (pʻiserov)
locative փիսում (pʻisum) փիսերում (pʻiserum)
definite forms
nominative փիսը/փիսն (pʻisə/pʻisn) փիսերը/փիսերն (pʻiserə/pʻisern)
dative փիսին (pʻisin) փիսերին (pʻiserin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative փիսս (pʻiss) փիսերս (pʻisers)
dative փիսիս (pʻisis) փիսերիս (pʻiseris)
ablative փիսիցս (pʻisicʻs) փիսերիցս (pʻisericʻs)
instrumental փիսովս (pʻisovs) փիսերովս (pʻiserovs)
locative փիսումս (pʻisums) փիսերումս (pʻiserums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative փիսդ (pʻisd) փիսերդ (pʻiserd)
dative փիսիդ (pʻisid) փիսերիդ (pʻiserid)
ablative փիսիցդ (pʻisicʻd) փիսերիցդ (pʻisericʻd)
instrumental փիսովդ (pʻisovd) փիսերովդ (pʻiserovd)
locative փիսումդ (pʻisumd) փիսերումդ (pʻiserumd)

Adverb

փիս (pʻis) (dialectal)

  1. severely
Derived terms
Further reading
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “փիս”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 352
  • փիս”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
  • Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “փիս”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, pages 775–776

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Georgian ფისი (pisi).

Noun

փիս (pʻis) (Akhaltsikhe, Tbilisi, Ganja)

  1. resin from the bark of a tree
    Synonym: խեժ (xež)
  2. (transferred sense) any sticky, viscous substance
  3. melted tar used hot to treat leprosy
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative փիս (pʻis) փսեր (pʻser)
dative փսի (pʻsi) փսերի (pʻseri)
ablative փսից (pʻsicʻ) փսերից (pʻsericʻ)
instrumental փսով (pʻsov) փսերով (pʻserov)
locative փսում (pʻsum) փսերում (pʻserum)
definite forms
nominative փիսը/փիսն (pʻisə/pʻisn) փսերը/փսերն (pʻserə/pʻsern)
dative փսին (pʻsin) փսերին (pʻserin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative փիսս (pʻiss) փսերս (pʻsers)
dative փսիս (pʻsis) փսերիս (pʻseris)
ablative փսիցս (pʻsicʻs) փսերիցս (pʻsericʻs)
instrumental փսովս (pʻsovs) փսերովս (pʻserovs)
locative փսումս (pʻsums) փսերումս (pʻserums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative փիսդ (pʻisd) փսերդ (pʻserd)
dative փսիդ (pʻsid) փսերիդ (pʻserid)
ablative փսիցդ (pʻsicʻd) փսերիցդ (pʻsericʻd)
instrumental փսովդ (pʻsovd) փսերովդ (pʻserovd)
locative փսումդ (pʻsumd) փսերումդ (pʻserumd)
Alternative forms
Further reading
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1945) “փիս”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 500b, found only in this dictionary and therefore probably a word of Malxaseancʻ's native Akhaltsikhe dialect
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2010), “փիսի”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume VI, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 386b